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Policy Watch: As climate change hits home, it’s time for honest dialogue and bold solutions

Angeli Mehta, (Aug 30, 2022)

Governments will have to take the public with them if they are to make progress on solutions, writes Angeli Mehta

‘Ethical Corporation has been a beacon of light in a turgid sea of CSR dross’

Mike Barry, (Dec 13, 2021)

Mike Barry, author of Marks & Spencer’s visionary Plan A, says the job of the early sustainability pioneers is to now support a younger generation in delivering a future for life on this planet

Policy Watch: ‘Slow and timid UK’ needs to focus on delivery, not promises, warn climate advisers

Angeli Mehta, (Jun 29, 2021)

Angeli Mehta assesses progress at the G7 leaders’ meeting amid growing calls for the COP26 host to urgently step up domestic action

'The science is clear about climate change. Now everyone has to step up'

Mark Watts, (Oct 9, 2018)

Mark Watts of C40 Cities says this week’s IPCC report showing the danger of temperature rises exceeding 1.5°C offers an opportunity to transform cities into places that are both less polluted and more equitable

Weekly Watch: 2 March 2017

EC Newsdesk, (Mar 1, 2017)

Coral rescue mission, Dell uses ocean plastics, Indian solar, Singapore carbon tax, sustainable Mango, Co-op Fairtrade cocoa, charities squeezed, California to go fossil-fuel free, Walgreens Boots CSR

IUCN urges UN to protect high seas

Ellen R Delisio, (Nov 14, 2016)

Conservationists say measures to protect oceans are ‘about 100 years behind land conservation’

EthicsWatch: US – ExxonMobil under fire for 'hiding knowledge of climate change'

April Streeter, (Sep 21, 2016)

The oil major is being investigated by 12 US states for fraud after decades of funding denial groups

Cheat sheet: Corporate responsibility cheat sheet - April 2016

Oliver Balch, (Apr 21, 2016)

We read all the reports so you don’t have to

PolicyWatch – March 2016

Stephen Gardner, (Mar 21, 2016)

The central Pacific island nation of Kiribati could be the first to be waving goodbye, Loophole closes, Woolly thinking and Woodland worries

Paris talks - A changing climate

Giles Parkinson, (Jan 18, 2016)

Companies are coming to terms with what the ambitious Paris agreement means for the way they operate

2015: Africa & Middle East - Hope for a future

Sam Phipps, (Dec 16, 2015)

A trio of summits held in 2015 is likely to shape the future of sustainable development in Africa over the coming years, analysts say.

PolicyWatch – September 2015

Stephen Gardner, (Sep 9, 2015)

Dutch climate ruling, EU fracking, Indian idols and vaping dangers

PolicyWatch – August 2015

Stephen Gardner, (Aug 4, 2015)

EU energy labels, Marshall Islands emissions pledge, French decarbonisation law and a greener London

Analysis: Green bonds – The new standard in climate bonds

Oliver Balch, (Mar 10, 2015)

An expert group aims to upgrade standardisation and add certification to climate investments

Analysis: UN climate conference – A fair COP?

Stephen Gardner, (Jan 5, 2015)

The 20th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Lima, Peru, emphasised pragmatism over ambition

Green finance fuels hopes of climate deal

Sam Phipps, (Dec 5, 2014)

A batch of positive funding news, in both public and private sectors, has raised hopes of progress at international climate change talks

Analysis: Tapping the barometer

Eric Marx, (Sep 12, 2014)

Government and business leaders meet this month in preparation for next year’s global climate negotiations, and much has changed since the last such gathering

Climate change – There is still time

Eric Marx, (May 10, 2014)

The UN’s climate panel says that we can still mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, and at little cost

2013 review of the year – Tragedy, frustration and a little progress

Stephen Gardner, (Dec 17, 2013)

Another year of small steps, with the promise of true sustainability still distant. But frustration with the slow pace of change is growing

EthicsWatch News - August 2013

Stephen Gardner, (Aug 20, 2013)

The world continues to warm, green business boost in China and how to avoid food poisoning in New York